Oscar Dresses: Every dress worn by Best Actress winners from 1929 to 2017

Can’t get enough of the glitz and glamour at the Oscars? Or
perhaps, like us, you just can’t forget about the secondhand
embarrassment stemming from #EnvelopeGate and need
something to take your mind off it? Luckily for us,
Big Group has gifted humanity with yet another infographic of
every dress donned by every ‘Best Actress’ dress from 1929 to 2017.
If this conjures up
a bout of deja vu, you’re right — the infographic is part of
the London-based marketing agency’s annual tradition, and they’ve
just added Emma Stone’s bronze Givenchy gown to the lineup.

Apart from being a visual treat and a comprehensive record of
how black-tie fashion has evolved (or not) throughout the ages, it
also serves as a reminder that when it comes to events like these,
a dress is not just a dress. Rather, it embodies a world of glitz,
glamour, suspense, status, and dare we say, brand relations? Shout
out to
Meryl Streep and Karl Lagerfeld, in case they’re reading this.
It’s also interesting to see how many actresses wore gowns from
“unknown” designers in the early years of the Oscars, as opposed to
the big names popular these days. Of course, when you get to wear a
gown as gorgeous as Jennifer Lawrence’s 2013 Dior dress (no matter
what you think of her), you’d want to work it!

What’s your favourite dress out of all 72 dress shown in the
infographic? Click on the image for a full-res version.

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